From one of America's most acclaimed writers, an elegant and biting portrait of a marriage and a woman consumed by secrecy and jealousy.
An unnamed narrator lives with her new husband, his two teenagers and the unwelcome presence of his first wife - known only as she.
Obsessed with her, the second wife narrator, moves through her days presided over by the all-too-real ghost of the first marriage, fantasising about how the first wife lives her life. Will the narrator ever equal the first wife intellectually and sexually, or ever forget the betrayal that lies between them? And what of the secrets between her husband and the first wife, from which the second wife is excluded?
The daring and precise build-up to an eerily wonderful denouement is a triumph of subtlety and surprise.
From one of America's most acclaimed writers, an elegant and biting portrait of a marriage and a woman consumed by secrecy and jealousy.
An unnamed narrator lives with her new husband, his two teenagers and the unwelcome presence of his first wife - known only as she.
Obsessed with her, the second wife narrator, moves through her days presided over by the all-too-real ghost of the first marriage, fantasising about how the first wife lives her life. Will the narrator ever equal the first wife intellectually and sexually, or ever forget the betrayal that lies between them? And what of the secrets between her husband and the first wife, from which the second wife is excluded?
The daring and precise build-up to an eerily wonderful denouement is a triumph of subtlety and surprise.
From one of America's most acclaimed writers, an elegant and biting portrait of a marriage and a woman consumed by secrecy and jealousy.
Lily Tuck is the author of six novels- The Double Life of Liliane; I Married You for Happiness; Interviewing Matisse or the Woman Who Died Standing Up; The Woman Who Walked on Water; Siam, or the Woman Who Shot a Man, nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award; The News From Paraguay, winner of the National Book Award; the short-story collections The House at Belle Fontaine and Limbo, and Other Places I Have Lived; and the biography Woman of Rome- A Life of Elsa Morante.
‘Tuck’s prose is elegant.’
*New York Times Book Review*
‘A spare and compelling novel in fragments…Its prose is clean and
crisp, as tantalisingly minimalist as her apartment.’
*Saturday Paper*
‘An artfully crafted still life of one couple’s marriage.’
*Boston Globe on I Married You for Happiness*
‘In her signature crisp, exacting prose, Tuck’s seventh novel
haunts the territory of marital jealousy with delicacy and
finesse.’
*Kirkus Reviews*
‘With her signature clipped and measured prose, National Book Award
winner Tuck’s new novel is elegant, raw, and powerful.’
*Kirkus reviews, starred review*
‘Sisters slices straight to the heart of a marriage burdened by
infidelity and obsession. It’s powerful and insightful, recounted
in an elegantly wistful style that makes the sudden climax all the
more impactful. Plenty of style, and despite its slimness, a lot of
substance.’
*Written by Sime*
‘A slow unravelling … Unsettling.’
*Age*
‘A short yet sharp book … As far as quick, nuanced reads go about
marriage, jealousy and love, this seems unsurpassed and quite
simply, lovely.’
*AU Review*
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together a multitude of literary references, delicate symbolism and
inner monologue, Sisters is a well-executed exploration into the
complexities of relationships and of how to live with unbearable
imperfection.’
*Culture Trip*
‘It took me a mere ninety minutes to read Lily Tuck’s Sisters which
might lead you to think it’s a slight, inconsequential piece of
fiction, but that’s far from the case. A sharp psychological study
of obsession with a neat sting in its tail, it’s completely
riveting.’
*A Life in Books*
‘Tuck’s latest work is understated, seemingly simplistic, but full
of innuendo, of the complexities of human relationships.’
*Otago Daily Times*
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